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Slow down, buckle-up, and never drink and drive. Police officers across Illinois are putting out their traditional Labor Day warning once again today. The Illinois State Police says it'll have more tr...

The Bloomington Edge will continue playing at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.  The arena football team has agreed to a two-year lease extension.  The deal keeps the Edge in downtown Bloomington ...

Illinois is one of 44 states that'll share in the latest federal grant to fight heroin and other opioid addictions.  The state's Department of Human Services announced the grant yesterday.  ...

Illinois authorities will be on the lookout for drunk drivers over the Labor Day weekend.  Police will be out in force in an effort to reduce deadly traffic accidents.  They will be conducti...

Bloomington police have made one arrest in last Sunday's armed robbery, but are still looking for another suspect.27-year old Gregory Hightower was arrested yesterday and charged with armed robbery, a...

In yet another effect caused by the state budget crisis, U of I says even more of its faculty has left the school for jobs elsewhere in the past year.Officials at the Champaign-Urbana university said ...

The Illinois State Board of Elections says far fewer voters were hacked than first thought. The Board yesterday said hackers saw information on about 90-thousand voters.  The first 700 have alrea...

Illinois could be looking at 14-billion-dollars in unpaid bills by this time next year.  Moody's Investment Services is out with a new forecast for the state.  Moody's says Illinois continue...

Caterpillar is continuing to lay-off employees in central Illinois.  Layoff notices were handed out recently to some workers at the plant in Morton. Other workers in Peoria say they've been told ...

Illinois prison data shows that the state's population of inmates has dropped by more than 4,200 since the fiscal year 2014.Illinois Department of Corrections numbers show that the total prison popula...